Larry said:
I think I have the same problem. This occurs when I hold
down the left mouse button, the way you do to resize or
move an object.
Hm. I know that if PPT crashes when resizing a font, it's sometimes due to a
need for a printer driver. See
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00220.htm
for info on that. (This info is mostly for the original poster.)
But I've not seen crashes occur when holding down a mouse button. I'd
probably try changing hardware acceleration as a first troubleshooting step.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm Crank that slider clear to the
left and see if that resolves the issue.
Actually, just holding the mouse down
anywhere on the powerpoint slide will cause Powerpoint to
suddenly disappear, there is no warning, no attempt to
log a crash, its as if windows doesn't know it happened.
Now, *this* I have seen happen, and it's maddening as all get-out! It
happens to me frequently on my new system at the office, and I haven't been
able to quite track it down yet. I have a feeling it's a Windows XP issue --
something about the connection to the network, I'm thinking -- as when PPT
disappears, so does everything on my desktop except my wallpaper. Logging
off and then back on restores it.
Is that what happens to you?
This does not happen if you hold the mouse down anywhere
in the app, avoiding the actual slide. I have tried with
a new presentation, no template of my own, just the
standard template. No other office apps do this.
This really is a very strange sequence of events. I would start with the
hardware acceleration, and you might also try updating your video drivers.
But try hardware acceleration first.
This happens on a Dell Latitude D400, with XP SP2 and
Office SP1, all the latest patches. I did not notice
this before installing XP SP2, and installing office SP1
did not help.
I'm working on a Dell at the office, too, but our problems might not be the
same. I'm using WinXP SP-1 and Office 2003 SP-1. You're right, though, SP-1
for Office 2003 didn't make a difference in my case.
